Larsen Lake , also known as Blueberry Lake is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington , east of Seattle . A blueberry farm surrounds the lake. Larsen Lake is the headwaters of Kelsey Creek .
5-422: Historically, Phantom Lake drained into Larsen Lake through the marshy, low-lying region between them. This watershed then drained into Kelsey Creek and Lake Washington . In the 1880s, settlers redirected the outflow of Phantom Lake into nearby Lake Sammamish through what is now Weowna Creek. This drained the area for agriculture. In 1987, some water was allowed to flow back through the original wetland to restore
10-414: A trail and wetland. The lake is popular for fishing, and there is a public fishing dock. Much of stormwater runoff from the area drains into Larsen Lake and Kelsey Creek. The farm at Larsen Lake is popular with residents and tourists, and includes U-pick blueberries. In 1995, the blueberry farm suffered from a devastating fungal outbreak. The use of fungicide to stop the outbreak led to controversy since
15-567: Is approximately 250 feet (76 m) above sea level . Historically, Phantom Lake once drained to the north through Larsen Lake and the Kelsey Creek basin. Nineteenth-century farmer Henry Thode redirected the Phantom Lake outlet to Lake Sammamish, creating Weowna Creek in the process. Today, Phantom Lake has a surface area of 63 acres (0.25 km ) and a maximum depth of 45 feet (14 m). Bellevue Airfield , closed in 1983,
20-427: The farm lost its organic status. Phantom Lake Phantom Lake is a small lake inside the city limits of Bellevue, Washington , east of Seattle . A 2.6-mile (4.2 km) pedestrian trail circles the lake, and according to the city government, Bellevue's oldest and largest trees are there. Located about a mile (1.6 km) north of Interstate 90 and west of nearby Lake Sammamish , its surface elevation
25-660: The habitat. The lake is named for Ove Peter and Mary Larsen, immigrants from Denmark who homesteaded the surrounding land in 1889. In 1913, the Aries brothers purchased the land from the Larsens and established a farm. The blueberry farm was created by Louis Weinzirl in 1944. Larsen Lake is located in the Lake Hills neighborhood of Bellevue, and is connected to nearby Phantom Lake by the Lake Hills Greenbelt,
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